[PLUG] Can't see second hard drive for Linux Mint install

[Carlos Konstanski]

On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Matt McKenzie wrote:

> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:11:37 -0800
> From: Matt McKenzie <lnxknight at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help,	civil and on-topic"
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> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Can't see second hard drive for Linux Mint install
> 
> Hello,
>
> Did you try looking under every "nook and cranny" in the BIOS?  In some
> cases, options for this kind of thing might not be in a place that is
> necessarily obvious.  It could be under some option for the hard drives, to
> use them in legacy IDE mode, SATA mode, or RAID mode, or something along
> those lines.
>
> Also agree with trying another distro live CD, see if they can see the 2nd
> drive.
>
> You might also want to try Ultimate Boot CD, and run a hd diagnostic on the
> 2nd drive.
>
> ----------
> Matt M.
> LinuxKnight

Or a lot of times the RAID utility isn't accessed via the normal BIOS
utility, but rather in another utility of its own. It might come up
briefly as an option (perhaps by hitting CTRL-H) after the BIOS post.

Carlos